Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been chosen by the New Zealand Olympic Committee to compete at the Tokyo Games next month, making her the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics.

New Zealand has named Laurel Hubbard to its women's weightlifting roster for the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo, making her the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the games. Hubbard, 43, will ...

Weightlifting New Zealand is hoping Aotearoa will have its first female Commonwealth Games gold medalist next year as an ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday defended the selection of transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for the Tokyo Olympics, a decision that has fuelled a ...

A revision in Olympic qualification standards has set the stage for New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, a transgender woman, to qualify for the Tokyo Games, the New Zealand Olympic Committee ...

Weightlifter Douglas Sekone-Fraser has withdrawn from the New Zealand team at the Pacific Games after he posted pictures of local people dressed in traditional Papua New Guinean clothing with the ...

ANAHEIM (Reuters) - A transgender weightlifter from New Zealand and an Iranian returning from an eight-year doping ban both won silver medals at the World Championships on the final day, which also ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics. Hubbard is among five athletes confirmed on New Zealand's weightlifting team for ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Laurel Hubbard hefted 628 pounds (185 kilograms) in two lifts on the way to qualifying in the women's super-heavyweight division for the Tokyo Olympics. That's heavy. But ...

In this April 9, 2018 photo, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard reacts after failing to make a lift in the snatch of the women's +90kg weightlifting final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, ...